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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

4 entries under this word

Volunteer

Vŏl'un-teer', n.

noun

n. [Fr. volontaire, It. volontario, Sp. voluntario. See VOLUNTARY, (a.)]

  1. One who enters into any service of his own free will.
  2. (Mil.) One who enters into service voluntarily, but when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers.
  3. (Law.) A grantee in a voluntary conveyance; one to whom a conveyance is made without valuable consideration; a party, other than a wife or child, to whom, or for whose benefit, a voluntary conveyance is made. Burrill.

Vŏl'un-teer', a.

adjective

a. Entering into service of free will; composed of volunteers; as, volunteer companies.}

Vŏl'un-teer', v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. VOLUNTEERED; p. pr. & vb. n. VOLUNTEERING.] To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services.

Vŏl'un-teer', v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To enter into any service of one's free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking.